Pacific County News

SOUTH BEND, Wash. - The Pacific County sheriff's office says a body washed ashore on the Long Beach Peninsula near Ocean Park.

Citing a severe decline in revenue, the Pacific County Board of Commissioners approved a 2010 budget this week that eliminates 27 full-time positions from the county payroll, according to The Daily World of Aberdeen.

Alleged murderer Brian Brush remains in the Pacific County Jail in Washington, awaiting his mental evaluation.A Prosecutors have to wait until there is room in the mental hospital so that Brush can be evaluated to see if he's fit to stand trial.A Until then, it is unknown how long before Brush is formally charged.A The owner of North River Boats ...

A Pacific City man has been arrested on a charge of theft and murder in the disappearance of his business partner during a boating trip to Washington.

A 47-year-old Pacific City man has been arrested in the July disappearance of a friend and business partner last seen in the southwest Washington Port of Ilwaco, Oregon State Police said Tuesday night.

A Mexican citizen has been charged in one of the biggest known marijuana growing operations in Western Washington.

A 46-year-old Raymond man must serve 66 years in prison for repeatedly raping a young girl, spanning a two-year pattern of abuse and molestation, according to The Daily World of Aberdeen.

An attorney representing North River Boats Inc. owner Brian Brush asked for a delay so Brush could be evaluated to see if he's competent to stand trial, court officials said this afternoon.

This week's Samoan tsunami exposed a flaw in the National Weather Service's mapping system that warns of tsunami dangers along the Washington coast, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.

The Pacific County Prosecutor's Office formally charged Brian Brush today with first-degree murder with aggravating factors - a charge that carries the possibility of life in prison.

A former Medford police officer and owner of a Roseburg powerboat company faces possible life in prison if convicted on first-degree murder charges for allegedly gunning down his former girlfriend Friday at a Washington beach city in front of police and other onlookers, authorities said.

Prior to his probable cause hearing Monday in Pacific County Superior Court, a sobbing Brian Brush meets with his court-appointed attorney William Penoyer.

KDRV Staff & Associated Press A September 14, 2009 A LONG BEACH, Wash. -- A former Medford police officer and Southern Oregon businessman is accused of murder.

The owner of North River Boats was arraigned on first-degree murder charges today after he allegedly shot and killed his ex-girlfriend in Long Beach, Washington.

North River Boats Inc. owner Brian K. Brush was charged with first-degree murder Friday after Long Beach, Wash., police allegedly saw him shoot and kill his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Lisa G. Bonney.

While it's back-to-school time for children, their parents and teachers, we should note that school isn't just for our kids.

Brian Baird will hold town hall tonight in Ilwaco. U.S. Rep. Brian Baird backed out of a promise to hold a living room meeting at the home of a Pacific County Republican chairwoman, the GOP activist said Monday.

Washougal City Administrator Nabiel Shawa has been named Walla Walla's next city manager, besting six other finalists for the job.

Up at HorsesAss in the great state of Washington, John DeVore hips us to this little bit from the Columbian : U.S. Rep.

Rules of the game mislead State Rep. Jim Moeller seems to be the one who's hallucinating in his Aug.